Develop cotton x2, using the free iron, discarding a port card, flipping captbnut’s iron foundry.
Build tier 3 cotton in Bolton, paying £16 + £1 for one iron, and one coal from Warrington & Runcorn, discarding Bolton.
I will use a coal mine card to build in Wigan, and join Wigan to Liverpool discarding a Rochdale card. I think I still have enough money (8 pounds cost)
End of turn 3:
New turn order: @GeeBizzle, @Chewy77, @Captbnut, @Benkyo.
Income:
- @Benkyo: £2
- @Captbnut: £3
- @Chewy77: £0
- @GeeBizzle: -£3
Player boards and cash at the beginning of the next round:
@Benkyo (£4)
| Tier | Cotton Mills | Ports | Shipyards | Iron works | Coal mines |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IV | 3 | 2 | - | 1 | 2 |
| III | 2 | 2 | - | 1 | 2 |
| II | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| I | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Locked | - | - | 2 | - | - |
@Captbnut (£20)
| Tier | Cotton Mills | Ports | Shipyards | Iron works | Coal mines |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IV | 3 | 2 | - | 1 | 2 |
| III | 3 | 2 | - | 1 | 2 |
| II | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| I | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Locked | - | - | 2 | - | - |
@Chewy77 (£7)
| Tier | Cotton Mills | Ports | Shipyards | Iron works | Coal mines |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IV | 3 | 2 | - | 1 | 2 |
| III | 3 | 2 | - | 1 | 2 |
| II | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| I | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Locked | - | - | 2 | - | - |
@GeeBizzle (£22)
| Tier | Cotton Mills | Ports | Shipyards | Iron works | Coal mines |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IV | 3 | 2 | - | 1 | 2 |
| III | 3 | 2 | - | 1 | 2 |
| II | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| I | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Locked | - | - | 2 | - | - |
Reference player board:
The restrictions for this round are:
- You may not build railways (canal era)
- You may only build one tile in each location (canal era)
Reminders:
- You must be connected to either a coal mine (belonging to any player) or the market to access coal. The connections do not need to be your link tiles.
- Link tiles must connect to your existing network at one or both ends.
@GeeBizzle to play
Play barrow and build canal to elesmere.£3.
Play Macclesfield and sell my cotton to elesmere.
Revise my sell to the foreign markets.
Discard my Liverpool card to get a loan of 20 pounds, and that’s all I can do.
You have to discard a card even to pass, so you may as well do something if you can afford it.
I’m not good at Brass Birmingham, but I believe this game is best not played in a vacuum, allowing your opponents to do something when you also benefit can be a good tactic.
Can I use the money I just received from the loan?
Yes, it’s available straight away.
Ah, brilliant
Use Barrow in Furness to build a Mancunian Cotton mill as my second action.
Sorry @Chewy77, but you either need the location card or the industry card to match to build an industry. So you either need a Cotton mill card or a Manchester card to build that mill
Ooops, I was intending to use Barrow in Furness before, I will use my Cotton Mill card. 
I will get there eventually 
It’s a ridiculous game for not being able to do what you want
I saw a how to play video last week, but is not the same as playing straight after on a physical board, you forget after a few days.